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BNSF and UP testing longer schedules for Texas Eagle and two other national network routes
August 16th, 2024
August 16, 2024 - trains.com -Nearly four years after new federal on-time performance standards went into effect, Amtrak is nearing agreements with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific for certification of disputed train schedules.Some 95% of Amtrak train schedules have been...
Why TxDOT's Connecting 2050 Plan falls short on intercity passenger rail development
August 15th, 2024
August 15, 2024 - TRA Commentary - Setting the vision for the future, the Texas Transportation Commission voted unanimously in July to adopt Connecting Texas 2050, TxDOT’s latest update to the statewide long-range transportation plan, at their July meeting. According to a...
Another big industrial rail park is sprouting up; this time it's Longview, in East Texas
August 15th, 2024
August 15, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Driving a "golden spike" marked the start of construction on the latest industrial-served rail park in Texas, this one in the piney woods of East Texas at Longview.Executives and team members of Custom Inc., a...
Full speed ahead: How federal and Texas leaders can keep building on passenger rail progress
August 9th, 2024
August 9, 2024 - TRA and Transportation for America Commentary -Recent passenger rail efforts in the Gulf Coast demonstrated tireless commitment to federal advocacy, state partnerships, funding development, and ultimately service implementation. But if our leaders are truly interested in...
Gulf Coast passenger rail service gets a green signal from Mobile AL City Council
August 8th, 2024
August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Mobile City Council approved resolutions this week that clears the way for passenger rail service to resume between New Orleans and the Port City for the first time in 20 years.The final vote...
TxDOT hosts a virtual public meeting for the Texas Rail Plan, have your say on August 19
August 8th, 2024
August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -TxDOT is updating the Texas Rail Plan and we need as many of our Texas Rail Advocates followers to participate as possible! Updating the Texas Rail Plan only happens every four years and your...
Fort Worth Western RR acquires Texas Central Railroad (no, not THAT one)
August 8th, 2024
August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Texas Central Railroad is the one that doesn't make the big headlines in the news media. It's not the high-speed folks intent on building a bullet train line from Dallas to Houston (Texas Central...
There are TWO paths forward for a high-speed rail link in downtown Dallas, one around and one within
August 8th, 2024
August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments will move ahead on two different plans at the same time for a high-speed rail connection in Dallas, while some sorting out...
Tx Pax Rail Advisory Committee to ask legislature for $300 million kickstart appropriation
August 5th, 2024
August 5, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Travis County Judge Andy Brown, who earlier this year vowed to bring passenger rail service to the public between Austin, San Antonio and beyond, chaired a live and virtual meeting in the Rio Grande...
Amtrak's Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited announce additional cars to be added to consist
August 4th, 2024
August 4, 2024 - TRA Newswire -If you've been trying to get a reservation for a coach seat or a sleeping car compartment on Amtrak's Texas Eagle or Sunset Limited and found that the trains were sold out, there is...